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Puppy Avenue 2016: Our annual Mets roster of adorable puppies

The 2016 Mets Opening Day roster once again goes to the dogs!

Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports

As LaRomaBella said, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!

YAS

It's time again to reveal our annual Puppy Avenue Mets roster! We've been doing this for years now and it's a lot of fun to put together. Who doesn't love to see lots of pictures and GIFs of adorable puppies? Awwwwww! You'd have to have a heart made of ice and like stone or something to hate these dogs. We got lots of great submissions from our commenters, as well as on Twitter, so without further ado, enjoy the puppies!

As is the tradition, we begin with the infamous Ike Davis Dog. Though he is long gone, we will never forget Ike Davis dog. (Isles732)

Ike Davis Dog

Lucas Duda dog doesn't have the most exciting personality but he hits lots of home runs and that's what matters. (MookieTheCat)

Duda1

Lately, Lucas Dudog always feels like he's being followed around...

dudog

...probably because Cutest Granderpup is right behind him with his camera! (FlushtownFandom)

Granderpup

Neil Walker dog loves Afroman. (the caveman)

neil walker

Neil Walker's actual dog is adorable! Did Daniel Murphy have an adorable dog? We don't know. (LGNYM)

Walker1

Walker2

Asdrubal Cabrera looks to make some apple strudel. (OuttaHereOuttaHere)

Asdrubal

David Wright goes through his 9 hour routine of warmups prior to each game! (fxcarden)

Wright stretch

Here's David Bite stretching his back out a little more in the field. (FlushtownFandom)

bite 1

bite 2

Even though his back is all sorts of messed up, David Wright dog still has a smile on his face! (LGNYM)

Wright back

Here's utility man Wagmore Flores, grabbing a basketball in case Border Collins asks him to play it for some reason. (FlushtownFandom)

Wilmer

Wilmer's trying (FlushtownFandom)

Wilmer1

He's really trying. (FlushtownFandom)

Wilmer 2

Catching the ball is hard for him sometimes. (FlushtownFandom)

wilmer 3

He's getting a little closer! (FlushtownFandom)

Wilmer 4

Certainly not a lack of effort for Wilmer! (FlushtownFandom)

Wilmer 5

Woo hoo, he got it! Well done, Wilmer Flores dog. (FlushtownFandom)

Wilmer 6

Here's Wilmer dog on July 29, 2015 (djletz)

Wilmer

Matt Reynolds looks to make the team on Opening Day. (LaRomaBella)

Reynolds

Here's Curtis Granderson staring down his dinner. (MookieTheCat)

Grandy Dinner

Sometimes, Grandy has to catch dinner himself(secret defense)

Yoenis Cespedes dog is back with the Mets! (the caveman)

Cespedes

Yoenis Cespedes dog rides up to camp in his sweet-looking cars. (The Shake Shack line)

Cespedes car

He even sleeps in a racing car! (@tpgmets)

Cespedes

Yoenis Cespedes dog hangs out with the Rally Parakeet (djletz)

Cespedes parakeet

Cespawdes and Lagrrrres sometimes have a little trouble communicating out there. (FlushtownFandom)

Cespedes Lagares

When he's not interfered with or 20 pounds too heavy, Lagares dog makes nice catches (LaRomaBella)

Lagares

Michael Conforto dog is a baseball player, a dog, and a Beaver. (MookieTheCat)

Conforto

Travis dOgnaud sets up behind the plate waiting for the ball. (FlushtownFandom)

Travis dOgnaud

Corgi Granderson and Kevin Plawcorgi are adorable! (Nathan Gismot)

granderson plawcorgi

Uh oh, looks like the Mets five starters aren't very happy with Angel Hernandez's strike zone (LaRomaBella)

Matt Harvey dog is the Opening Day hero Gotham needs. (OuttaHereOuttaHere)

Harvey

Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard are looking good for Opening Day. (LaRomaBella)

degrom

Syndergaard

deGrom dog is a fantastic athlete. (@cjmets6986)

deGrom

Thor dog is taking his nickname a little too seriously. (Ownbey4Mex)

Thor

Seriously, Thor dog. (@JB_August)

Thor

Noah Dog and Yoenis Dog arrive to spring training in style! (OSUMets)

Noah Yo

Bartolo Colon dog runs the bases at his own speed. (djletz)

Bartolo

Steven Matz dog enjoys the sandwich named after him at the deli in East Setauket (djletz)

Matz dog

Zack Wheeler can't wait to get back on the Citi Field mound. (OuttaHereOuttaHere)

Wheeler

The Mets' 7 man bullpen is full of good dogs. (LaRomaBella)

Bullpen

Addison Reed dog wears his hat a little funny. (Joel Hernandez)

Reed2

Reed

Jeurys Pawmilia closes the door with great velocity! (OuttaHereOuttaHere)

Familia

Josh Edgin's beard keeps growing. (OuttaHereOuttaHere)

Edgin

Border Collins is chasing those lame ducks away. (FlushtownFandom)

border collins

Keith Grrrnandez looks exhausted as we head into extra innings. (qnsemma)

Keith

Dilson Herrera is headed to Triple-A and he'll be taking his rally cups with him. (djletz)

Dilson

Chase Muttley and the Dodgers practice sliding into second base (FlushtownFandom)

Chase Muttley